La Food Allergy is a common disease in pets, which causes an immense list of symptom to our dog, which undoubtedly affect him terribly.
Food allergies account for about 10% of most allergies that both dogs and cats develop and they are responsible for causing 40% of the itching that occurs on the skin of dogs and even more than 55% of itching in cats.
Know which are the most common allergies in dogs caused by food and how a rotating diet can help.
Several of the most common symptoms of food allergies
- Itchy skin
- Swollen legs
- Red and irritated eyes.
- Coughing and sneezing
- Digestive problems, causing gas or diarrhea.
- Runny nose.
- Hair loss.
Common allergens in pet food
In 2006 it was made known through a report, what were the common food allergies in pets and in this report the results that we will show you below were obtained.
It is important that you note that the most common allergens are also the ingredients commonly found in food for pets and which are regularly served to pets throughout their lives.
Most frequent allergies caused by the following foods are
In dogs
- Beef (36%)
- Dairy (28%)
- Wheat (15%)
- Fish (13%)
- Egg (10%)
- Chicken (9,6%)
- Lamb (6,7%)
- Soy (6%)
- Poultry (4.5%)
- Wheat (4,5%)
In cats
- Beef (20%)
- Dairy (14,6%)
- Wheat (15%)
- Fish (13%)
- Egg (10%)
- Chicken (9,6%)
- Lamb (6,6%)
- Soy (6%)
- Poultry (4.5%)
- Wheat (4,5%)
Food allergy in dogs, a review
Food allergies it is something very common, although we do not have much information about this and in most cases, pets are not normally born with sensitivity to certain types of food, but on the contrary, these they usually develop this reaction to these foods as time goes by.
If the dog has been consuming the same foods every day, for months and even years, there is a strong possibility that the pet already has an allergy to said food. That is why it is recommended to give pets a wide variety of foods throughout their lives, rather than giving them the same food for a long time.
A varied diet is based on dgive your pet multiple proteins and different brands of food, as this is essential for your pet to stay healthy and free from any type of allergy.
For this the best is a rotating diet:
- A rotation of the types of protein sources found in food, will allow you the possibility of minimizing the danger that your pet may develop a food allergy.
- Change recipes and food brandsThis way you can ensure that your dog or cat is receiving a good variety of essential nutrients for their health.
- Rotate the protein source and food recipe at least every two or three months, because this is the same period of time that is used for diets where food allergies are eliminated and isolated, this is a method that makes a lot of sense and also turns out to be very cash.
- Examine the name of your pets' food recipes and compare the ingredients between one brand and another, in this way you will know what is the percentage of ingredients that each brand of food has, since just changing the brand does not mean that you are changing the ingredients that your pet consumes daily in its diet .